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I guess, they feel pretty secure, because there are many devices with no or limited ad-block capabilities like phones and tablets.

(Or are there addons for my ios Safari that work without jailbracking the device?)

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I wonder what the viability of setting up a subscription service proxy that mobile users (and others) could point their mobile phones to that strips out all the dreck? I know there are VPS offerings that do this. Webhosting companies do offer unlimited bandwidth, so theoretically, bandwidth is not a problem.

That is a good question. I would not use such a service because of the trust problems with secure communication.

Mmmmh, but I could use a proxy on my own server, through which I route my VPN traffic anyway. Of course, such a proxy product must be light-weight and easy to use. It should be a proxy that I can trust - OSS or self-written. It should enrich a page with a button which sends me to a block configuration for that domain - like that one you would get from a adblock plugin.... git init... ;)

As a workaround, you can use custom firmware (like DD-WRT) on your home router with a custom hosts file to block all ads. It takes some work and is only good for when you are home and connected to WiFi, but after you set it up it's great because all devices on your LAN are protected.

Unfortunately, I am traveling most of the time and depend on mobile internet access or (the usual shitty) hotel APs. But thanks for this advice.

My solution is to vpn into home, and have a bunch of firewall rules setup to prevent any ad network traffic getting past the firewall.

Outside of the extra battery life hit, its extremely effective.

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